Car construction.



C. F. FREDE & G. T. WESTLAKE.

CAR CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.17, 1912.

Patented Sept. 17, 1912.-

Mr/vassas 'tinirnn s ra n rnfrnjr @t ttjt i CHARLES F. FRELPE AND CHARLES 'I. \VESTLAKIE. OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI Y, .ASSIGNORI.=

TO DOUBLE BODY BOLSTER COMPANY, OF

NEW ERSEY..

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF GAR CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

Original application filed July 3, 1911, Serial No. 636,762. Divided and this application filed February 17,

Serial No. 678,394

' United States, residing at St. Lonis,Mis-

souri. have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in (far Construction, of which the following is a-tull, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forn'iing part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a plan View of a portion of a combined cast metal platform and double body bolster of the type usually employed in connection with undcrframes of blind end cars and illustratingour improved construction in connection. therewith. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4; is a horizontal section taken on the line 4t-l of Fig. 2.- h

This invention relates generally to car construction and particularly to the means employed for rigidly connecting the lower ends of the vestibule posts to the butting sill of the car underitran'ie, and the subject matter torn'iing' this ajiplication in a division of the subject matter disclosed in an :ip 'ilication filed by us July 3, 1911, Serial No. 030,702.

In passenger-ea reonstrm-tion ot the present type, it is to a large entent the practice to utilize combined cast steel platforms and double body bolsters, and it is the object oi our inrention to connect the lower ends ot the vestibule posts to the butting; sill of the platform in a manner so as to provide a very strong rigid construction particularly adapted to withstand end shocks and butting strains to which the end walls and vestibule walls are subject during service.

A further object of our. invention is to provide a construction wherein the lower ends of the vestibule posts are extended t t t i ened. and further to provide vertically disposed walls and reinforced strengthening flanges on the butter beam ad acent to the openings therein for the purpose of main taining the strengthoot said sills at the mints where the vestibule iost oicnin s are formed.

To the above purposes, our invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts hereina'lter more fully described and claimed.

Referring by mnnerals to the accompanying; drawings, 10 designates the main body of the combined platform and. double-body bolster and formed integral with the end thereof is the butter beam 1] which is of the ordinary hollow box type.

Formed through the top plate. of. the batting; sill 11 are openings 12 oi such size as to readily receive the vestibule posts 13.

which as showin are in the term of I-beanis.

The top plate oi the butting sill 1'] extends inwardly at one side of each opening 12 and positioned upon this extension and fixed thereto by means of rivets is the horizontally disposed leg" oi an angle bracket. 14:, the vertical leg of which riveted. to the web of the corresponding vestibule post. Formed through the bottom plate oi the butting sill is an opening 15 preferably T-shaped through which projects the lower end oi the vestibule post and the forward lower corner of said post notel'ied or cut h I away as designated by 10 in order to aceonunodate hat portion of the bottom plate of the sill immediately in front ofthe corresponding opening 15. Such construction does away with the necessity of cutting an opening entirely across the bottom plate of the butting sill which would materially Weakenthe b1 fling sill at this point. .By

notching the lower end of the vestibule post and extending the bottom plate of the butting sill rearwardly, a strong substantial construction is produced and the strength 17 is a depending flange 18 which is reinforced by integral triangular webs 19, and. that portion of the lower end of the vestibule post which extends through the open 'ing 15 is connected to this flange 18 by means of rivets or like fastening devices.-

The lower portion of each vestibule post, or that portion which extends through the bufling sill, is offset on its rear side as designated by 20 so that the rear face of the rear flanges of each post-above the butting sill are flush with the rear face of the rear vertical wall of said sill.

Our improved construction is comparatively simple, is particularly adapted for all types of cars utilizing combined cast steel platforms and double body bolsters and provides a very strong, rigid construction betvilleen the vestibule posts and the bufling s1 The body of each vestibule post is connected to-the bufling sill at points substantially above and below the top and bottom plates of said bufling sill and the lower ends of the posts are cut away in order that the bottom plate of the butling sill can be extended rcarwardly from the front wall a suflicient distance to provide the requisite strength for said sill at points where the posts connect therewith.

It will be readily understood that minor,

changes in the size, form and construction of our improved car construction can be made and substituted for those hereinshown and described without departing from the spirit of our invention, the scope of which is set forth inthe appended claims.

lVe claim: Y

1. In car construction, a hollow cast metal butting sill provided with alined openings in its top and bottom plates adapted to receive the lower ends of the vestibule posts ofthe car superstructurc, and integral reinforcing webs within the boiling sill adjacent to the openings therein.

2. The combination wit-h a car underframe butting sill having top and bottom plates through which are'forfned openings, of a vestibule post the lower end of which is seated in said openings and fixed to the top 36ml, bottom plates of said sill, and the lower end of which post is notched to accommodate the bottom flange or plate of the buffing;

sill.

3. The combination with a car underframe buliing sill through which is formed a vertically disposed opening, of a'vestibule post the lower end of which extends through said opening, a bracket projecting upwardly from the top plates of the sill, a bracket depending from the bottom plate of said sill, and fastening means passing through said brackets and the vestibule post.

4 The combination with a car underframe bufiing sill having a comparatively wide opening formed through its top plate and a comparatively narrow opening formed through its bottom plate, eta vestibule post the lower end of which passes through the openings in the top and bottom plates of the bufiing sill, and the lower end ofwhich vestibule post is cut away so as to occupy the opening in the bottom plate of said butling sill.

5. The combination with a car underframe butting sill, provided with openings through its top and bottom plates, of a vestibule post having its lower end seated in said openings, a strengthening web integral with the butting Slll adjacent the openings therein and means including brackets on the top and bottom plates of the butting sill whereby the 7. In car construction, a hollow cast metalbuiiing sill provided with alined openings through its top and bottom plates adapted to receive the lower portions of vestibule posts, and integral brackets depending from.

the bottom plate of the balling sill, which brackets bear against and prpvide means for attaching the extreme lower ends of the vestibule posts.

S. The combination with a car unplerframe balling sill provided with open ngs in its top and bottom 'plate, of a vestibule post, the lower end of which extends through the openings in thebulling sill, and the lower front corner of which post is cut away to receive the portion of the bottom plate which is immediately in front of the opening through said bottom plate.

9. The combination with a cast metal butting sill provided with openings adapted to receive the lower portions of vestibule posts, of attaching means projecting upwardly from the top plate of the bufling sill and engaging the lower portions of the vestibule posts, and attaching means depending from the underside of the buffing sill for engaging the lower ends of said vestibule posts.

In testimony whereof We hereunto affix ouisignz tures in the presence of two witnesses, this 5th day of February, 1912.

CHARLES F. FREDE. CHARLES T. WESTLAKE.

\Vitnesses HAL C. BELLVlLLE, FRED. H. BLANKENBORN. 

